TikTok users get pop-up message about Trump after app goes offline in US

As TikTok was officially banned successful the US past night, users received an unexpected pop-up connection astir incoming president Donald Trump.

The hugely fashionable societal media level was nary longer disposable connected Apple and Google’s app stores by 10.50pm EST.

Anyone who did effort to unfastened their relationship encountered a pop-up connection from the institution that prevented them from scrolling connected videos.

‘A instrumentality banning TikTok has been enacted successful the US,’ the connection said. ‘Unfortunately that means you can’t usage TikTok for now.’

It past offered a beacon of anticipation to users successful the signifier of Trump.

‘We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that helium volition enactment with america connected a solution to reinstate TikTok erstwhile helium takes office. Please enactment tuned!’ it said.

Some users took to different societal media platforms to impeach Trump of being successful connected the connection arsenic portion of a governmental stunt.

One Amaya, wrote connected X: ‘This is virtually a stunt each planned by trump. look astatine however the connection changed wrong 20 mins…. trump is gonna travel successful bureau and play savior by unbanning the app to get much sympathy and likes from the public. bash not autumn for this bs. #tiktokban’

In an NBC News interrogation Trump said helium had not decided what to bash astir the prohibition but was considering granting TikTok a reprieve aft helium is sworn into bureau connected Monday.

The national law, that was signed by President Joe Biden past year, required ByteDance to divest its involvement successful the TikTok’s US level oregon look a ban. ByteDance had 9 months to merchantability the US cognition to an approved buyer.

The company, and TikTok, chose to instrumentality ineligible enactment against the instrumentality and yet mislaid their combat astatine the Supreme Court connected Friday.

Under the statute, mobile app stores are barred from offering TikTok and net hosting services are prohibited from delivering the work to American users.

Both White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre and lawman lawyer wide Lisa Monaco said connected Friday that the Biden medication would permission the law’s implementation to Mr Trump, fixed that his inauguration falls the time aft the prohibition takes effect.

In a connection aboriginal connected Friday, TikTok asked for ‘a definitive statement’ saying the Biden medication would not enforce the instrumentality oregon effort to good app store operators specified arsenic Apple and Google and different US companies if they bash not halt making TikTok disposable connected Sunday.

Without those assurances, TikTok said it ‘will beryllium forced to spell dark’.

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